Dilator for clogged teats



Jan. 5, 1954 v. GARIEPY 2,664,894

DILATOR FOR CLOGGED TEATS Filed Sept. 3, 1952 q, os S xfGE/VT PatentedJan. 5, 1954 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE I 2,664,894 DILATOR FOR CLOGGEDTEATS Victor Gariepy, Waterloo, Quebec, Canada Application September 3,1952, Serial No. 307,591

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a manually operable instrument for easing andhealing damaged teats of animals giving quick relief and unimpeded milkflow.

My instrument means a radical advance in teat dilator design, made ofsoft pliable material with a special double-duty cavity that carries thehealing salve to the inside of the teat to soothe and heal the sore andacts as an easy-flow milk tube without discomfort to the cow. Beingpliable the instrument bends with the teat when the cow lies down,causing no further injury or delay to the healing process. The heat ofthe teat melts the salve which then runs down to the sore.

My instrument, as it has just been stated, consists in a doublecavity-type dilator, that is, an instrument made of a number of integralsections comprising a manipulating knob, a spindle shaft portion, acollar and a medicament carrying section terminated by a pointed pilotend. I will explain later the construction of the double cavitymedicament carrying section. Other features will also appear as thedescription is proceeded with.

In the drawings which illustrate embodiments of the invention,

Figure 1 is a side view of the instrument,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the instrument,

Figure 3 is an end view, and

Figure 4 is a cross-section of the instrument taken at 44 of Figure 2through medicament carrying grooves.

As already stated, the invention consists in an instrument for healingdamaged teats of animals and is constituted of the following parts.

The outer end of the instrument is a finger piece or knob 5 for itsmanipulation, and 6 is a spindle section extending between the knob 5,and the segmentary halves 8 of the instrument body terminated by a pilotend 9.

Numeral 8 designates the medicament carrying section and theparticularity of this part of the instrument is that it is made with twogrooves 8' one on each side thereof and separated by a thin partition ordiaphragm It] clearly shown in Figures 2 and 4 of the drawings.

The medicament is placed in said grooves the outer corners of which arerounded as at numeral I I, this to avoid possible hurting or discomfortof the inside of the teat in manipulating the instrument in its rotationtherein. The numeral 9 shows the pilot end of the instrument.

Collar 'l of the instrument is of a smaller diameter than knob 5 and itssurface follows a horizontal line and this taken together with theinwardly tapered grooved section allows an easy flow of milk withoutdiscomfort to the cow.

This instrument being made of pliable material, it bends with the teatwhen the cow lies down.

To recapitulate, the instrument consists of a knob section, a spindlesection, a collar, a double cavity or grooved section and a pilotsection the whole being integral. I may state again that the reason ofthe grooves is to provide an equal distribution of the remedy from bothsides of the instrument.

I claim:

A manually operable dilator for healing damaged teats consisting in aninstrument made of a number of distinct and integral sections comprisinga manipulating knob, a pointed pilot sec tion, a spindle piece portion,and a collar extending between said spindle piece portion and thepointed pilot section, an inwardly curved medicament carrying sectionextending between said spindle piece portion and said pilot section,longitudinal grooves extending approximately the full length of saidmedicament carrying section one on each side thereof and separated by adiaphragm, the outer corners of said grooves being rounded.

V. GARIEPY.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS NumberName Date 1,268,576 Jensen June 4, 1918 1,688,795 Aas Oct. 23, 19282,592,800 Gariepy Apr. 15, 1952 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date14,428 Great Britain 1885

